Accounting Technician

Job Description:

Accounting Technician

Description

Job Summary

TITLE: Accounting Technician

SRN A22: $5,548 - $7,549 Monthly, Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit: CVWDEA

Department: Finance

Section: Payroll

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Reports to: Accounting Supervisor

Supervises the following positions: N/A

Promotional opportunity procedures will include the following:

Review of minimum qualifications

Review of personnel files, including but not limited to: attendance history, disciplinary history, and performance evaluations

Testing/Assessments:

Oral Interview(s)

DEFINITION: Under general direction, performs advanced technical accounting support and administrative duties in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of accounting and financial records; functional areas of responsibility can include accounts payable, accounts receivable, capital assets/project accounting, inventory, and/or payroll; the incumbent serves as lead in his/her assignment; organizes and manages desk workloads by setting priorities and deadlines; makes prompt decisions and performs advanced customer service working with irate customers and resolving complex issues; and performs related work as required.

Essential Functions

EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Performs a variety of advanced technical level accounting support and administrative duties in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of accounting and financial records.
• Reviews, analyzes, audits, reconciles, monitors, and maintains accounts in assigned area of responsibility, which may include cashiering, including balancing and reconciling accounts; reviewing contracts and bankruptcy claims and adjustments; reconciling receivables, processing collections, and executing promissory notes; preparing payroll-related tax payments; maintaining domestic and canal water availability; and/or managing tax roll transfers.
• Performs duties in support of payroll operations; ensures submitted employee timekeeping is accurate and contains the appropriate approvals; enters maintenance changes such as direct deposit, tax withholdings and deductions into the payroll system; enters child support and other court orders; generates check requests/EFT requests for amounts withheld from payroll; generates payroll; distributes paper payroll checks; prepares positive pay file; prepares and distributes payroll reports; processes rush checks for employees as directed.
• Processes and data enters special payroll transactions, such as wage assignments and liens, advances, child support payments and sick leave sell backs; makes payroll system adjustments to ensure appropriate payroll tax treatment of retroactive and other special wages; generates and checks preliminary and final payroll reports and registers; runs leave accrual processes; generates paychecks; ensures timely and accurate posting of payroll to the financial accounting system and generates electronic bank deposits; generates reports and checks and prepares other special reports.
• Verifies, audits, and edits, biweekly and other special employee payrolls in accordance with District policies and procedures and labor contract agreement provisions; verifies accurate reporting of changes in pay, payroll status, benefits, taxes, and other deductions, as well as retroactive pay adjustments and terminations; verifies and edits attendance and work hours data entered by departments; works with departments to resolve reporting problems and errors; processes adjustments to individual employee pay to correct errors.

Please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cvwd/classspecs for the full job description.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Licenses and Certifications: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, to be maintained throughout employment.

Experience: Four (4) years of increasingly responsible in performing high level financial, statistical recordkeeping or accounting utilizing integrated accounting software and Excel spreadsheets and use of a 10-key calculator by touch, in a manner sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job as those listed above.

Education: Associate degree from an accredited college with major coursework in accounting, business administration or a related field.

The Coachella Valley Water District provides a comprehensive, balanced, and competitive benefits package ensuring employees have many options to meet their healthcare, wellness and/or retirement savings goals. Providing employees with flexibility and support for all the different stages of life. Employees may pay some portion of their benefit premium costs based on the provisions of their labor-negotiated Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) and the level of coverage they select. Additional information regarding CVWD employee benefits is available at https://www.cvwd.org/176/Benefits .

Closing Date/Time: 1/20/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Salary:

$5,548.00 - $7,549.00 Monthly